EDITORIAL
‘Emerald’ endorsed
Williamson/Kelton
Last week the Emerald editorial board endorsed
Jennifer Williamson and Zachary Kelton for ASUO
president and vice president {ODE, April 17). because
of underhanded campaign trick* by their opponents,
Chris Kantrowitz and Niki Scott, we believe it is nec
essary to reaffirm our endorsement.
Knntrowitz and Scott are trying to get voters to
believe they are the candidates ondorsed by the
Emerald. On Tuesday they passed out fliers with the
Emerald masthead that said "Thank you for your sup
port." Wo did not give the candidates permission to
use our logo and do not support their campaign.
Another Knntrowitz/Scott flier said the Emerald
endorsed Kantrowitz's work on the Programs Finance
Committee. The Emerald publisher! an editorial April
14 that praised the efforts of the PFC, of which
Kantrowitz is only one member. He was never specifi
cally mentioned in the editorial, and cannot claim solo
credit for the PPC's accomplishments.
Thu choice for ASUO Executive is clear. Williamson
and Kelton are tho best qualified and most experi
enced candidates They articulate reasonable and real
istic solutions to University problems. They have
demonstrated professionalism, which is something
their opponents seem to be lacking.
Vote yes on 12;
fund Career Center
Unless you don't want a job after college, vote yes
on Ballot Measure 12.
Measure 12 adds $3 to tho students’ incidental foe
per term to expand and fund the Career Center.
Currently, the Career Center charges various fees for its
services, which, if fully utilized, amounts to about $75
per student.
The Career Center is one of the most valuable
resources on campus. Virtually everyone on this cam
pus needs help with resumo writing, interviewing
skills and job searching Measure 12 will provide the
center an opportunity to expand its services to include
career assessment and vocational training, career
counseling and campus interviews and internships
and employment opportunities.
Although tho foe will t>e automatically assessed to
every student, the Career Center will be cheaper to use
if the measure passes. It doesn't take a genius to set*
what’s better.$.1 or $75
Students have complained that the Career Center is
only useful to people pursuing business-related jobs
I bis measure would give tho center an opportunity to
reach students looking for jobs in a wide range of
fields.
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■ LETTERS
Injustice
I am writing this letter in
response lo the article on Mon
day regarding Taxi Malejreai and
Paul Wiggins (ODK. April 24)
You did a terrible injustii e to
thorn- two incfrv iduals when you
singled them out anil made their
records public It had absolutely
no relevance to your story
You used this information to
slander their names in the Uni
versity community l or those of
us who know Tasi and Paul, it's
common knowledge that these
are two ot the most kind and sin
cere persons on campus Then
one must look at the people in
the community who do not know
them, such as professors and
classmates, who will now have a
tainted view of what these indi
viduals an* really like All your
article did successfully was fur
ther promote the negativ e stereo
types of football players and
especially those of t olor.
The article was extremely
biased Next tune, do the research
and get both aides of the story, or
do you know how to do that? The
footlvali players are in a ven vul
nerable position Every a< tion
they take on and off the field is
often made public When a foot
ball player is involved in fights,
c barges are almost automatical
ly filed Does this happen to the
average student on campus? I
also did not appreciate your quo
tation about the "big circle of
black guys" who were heating up
innoc ent students That quota
tion yvas clearly used to instill
fear in the white students, etc.
Your article was a perfect
example of the insensibility that
this campus and your newspaper
have toward people of color
Clearly, the more things change,
the more they stay the same
Marianne Preudhomme
Eugene
Discontent
My name is Lori Leong and I
would like to express my deep
est discontent at Programs
Finance Committee member
Chris Kantrowitz. He is an
incompetent PFC member and
has not truthfully represented our
program We originally appeared
in front of the PKC to present our
budget, but were uninformed
about a rule that was passed by
the Senate the night before, lim
iting new programs to only $300.
Our original request was imme
diately rejected and m the peri
od between our hearing and our
apjwal date, we learned that this
rule was not binding upon our
program.
However, at our budget appeal
hearing, the PFC members,
including Chris kantrowitz.
decided to refer us to the Student
Senate, claiming that they were
not sure if the new rule was bind
ing upon us If we were aware of
this non-binding effect, why
wasn't the committee aware'
This is just plain and simple
ignorance on their part. We then
approached the Senate with 30
plu* members to ask them to
reconsider our budget Chris
Kantrowitz blatantly lied that he
was in support of our group (in
between frequent snoozes). He
vans a member that moved to
grant us only S UM. hut in front
of the Senate and 30-plus Hawaii
Club members, he claimed he
was definitely in support of our
club re* wiving sufficient funds in
excess of the Item hrnark
How can we have this kind ol
contradictory leadership in our
Executive next year?
Lori Leong
Hawaii Club Elections
Chairwoman
Outraged
1 am writing to you in response
to your article on the misconduct
of football players (ODE. April
24) I, myself, am a memtwr of the
Oregon football team and after
reading your article, I was
extremely outraged Student ath
letes do not receive preferential
treatment from anyone. In fart,
we as student athletes have to Iw
more prudent of our actions than
traditional students.
All student athletes, not just
football players, live in a fish
bowl All of our actions, both on
and off the field, are closely
observed and reported by
reporters such as yourself There
fore. when a student athlete runs
into trouble with the law, or
makes a mistake (because wo are
human), it becomes front page
news. The media seem to forget
that we are human beings who,
at times, err like everyone else
You want to set us apart from the
rest of the student body, yet there
is no difference between us
All students, regardless of
whether they are on an athletic
team or not, work very hard to
achieve their personal goal,
whether it is becoming the edi
tor of a newspaper, ASl’O pres
ident. starting for the football
team, or just graduating from col
lege
This article showed readers
one side of the sjx* truin, the run
ins with the lavs by student ath
letes — to bn more specific, mem
bars of the football team
1 lowuver, l see no mention of oth
er similar run-ins w ith the law
by non-athletes This article tells
readers that football players are
the only students on campus that
have encounters with the law
We, as student athletes, know
that we do not receive any sort of
special treatment just because we
wear a uniform on Saturday In
fact, I would say it is the exact
opposite We have less freedom
to do anything because of
reporters, such as yourself, who
stand behind every corner,
observe our actions and wait for
us to make a mistake to get a front
page story.
Michael Ktews
History
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